Fussy tastebuds

I recently discovered my husband doesn't like lime flavoured jelly. On its own, that's not a peculiar thing. Certainly not worth writing a blog post about. But today he's just poured himself a cool, refreshing beverage.

Lime cordial.

Isn't it odd that he'd enjoy lime cordial but not lime jelly? You might think it's a texture thing. I love custard from the carton but think baked custard  is icky, because I don't like its wet and wobbly texture. But my husband loves other flavours of jelly, which rules that out as the reason for his anti-lime-jelly position.

It also rules out any sensitivity to synthetic flavouring. He'll happily slurp up strawberry jelly and there sure as hell aren't any real berries hidden in those teensy sugar crystals. And I've seen him munching out on those incredibly bright yellow banana lollies.

I'm left scratching my head because it seems my husband's tastebuds are apparently so discerning as to identify the difference between whatever lime flavour additives are used in the cordial and in the jelly.